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Short films by, for, and about women
90 min total (for all films)

Free for UI students w/ID and $7 for community

The 9 short films include:
Every Mother Counts: Obstetric Fistula
I Am A Girl!
Life Model
Reluctant Bride, A
Worst Enemy
How To Be Alone
Lady Razorbacks
Missed Connections
The Wind Is Blowing On My Street

Trailer and more information: http://www.lunafest.org/the-films

Directed by Dee Rees
Starring Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker and Aasha David
87 min, 35mm

Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister Sharonda (Sahra Mellesse) in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the sometimes boisterous support of her best friend, out lesbian Laura (Pernell Walker), Alike is especially eager to find a girlfriend. At home, her parents’ marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike’s development becomes a topic of discussion. Pressed by her mother into making the acquaintance of a colleague’s daughter, Bina (Aasha Davis), Alike finds Bina to be unexpectedly refreshing to socialize with. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

“Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Trailer: http://focusfeatures.com/pariah

A film by Wim Wenders
106 min, blu-ray, shown in 2D

“Dance, dance, or we are lost.” Pina Bausch’s final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders’ (WINGS OF DESIRE, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB) breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer. Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms, and in this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heart-stopping intensity of the movement and transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. An official selection of the Berlinale, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and now Germany’s official entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, PINA features interviews with and performances by Bausch’s beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

“MESMERIZING. I watched the film in a sort of reverie.” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/pina

The film documents David Lynch’s 16 country tour in 2007-2009 where he gave talks concerning meditation and his creative process.

A film by David Lynch Foundation Television
71 min

Stay for a Q&A session after the film with a member of the David Lynch Foundation and a transcendental meditation teacher!

Stay for a Q&A after the screening with the filmmaker!

“American filmmaker Melika Bass. . . an amazing talent yet to be discovered in Europe, author of a unique cinema of atmosphere and historical reminiscences. . .one of the revelations of [the Torino Film Festival].” -Roberto Manssero, Torino Film Festival

SHOALS

A prairie grotesque. On the grounds of a rural sanitarium, three young women search for wellness,
as a cult leader seeks to control their bodies through labor and daily rituals.

52 min, shot in 16mm

“A lulling, singular peculiarity…” -Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Preview: http://vimeo.com/37775690

WAKING THINGS

In a house in a primeval wood, a mysterious, misfit family prepares a seasonal feast for a visiting party of outlanders. As they shuffle through ritualistic preparations, shadows reveal each creature — one menacing, one wounded, and one worn, stewards of an old tradition, blood for blood.

34 min, shot in 16mm

“Characters announced in exquisite typeface…scurry along paths, dart through doorways and sleep upright. Bass mystifies the work of these plain folk with her own filmic magic.” -Chicago Sun-Times

More information: http://www.tenderarchive.com/waking.htm

FILMMAKER BIO
Named “one of the most promising emergent practitioners in Chicago” by the Chicago Tribune, Melika Bass is the recipient of an Artadia Award, a Media Arts Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council, and the Kodak/Filmcraft Imaging Award for Best Cinematography from the 2010 Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Her film work has been screened and exhibited in cinemas and art spaces worldwide, among them the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (solo exhibition, February 2011); Torino Film Festival, Italy; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Ann Arbor Film Festival; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; Northwest Film Center; Segal Center for the Performing Arts, Montreal; Hamburg International Film Festival, Germany; and the Split Festival of New Film, Croatia.

Bass hails from North Carolina and Virginia and teaches in the Department of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

FREE FOR EVERYONE
Stay for a panel discussion after the film!

From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of one man’s personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife, Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the unsettling normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.

A film by Danfung Dennis
88 min

“Stunning… a breathlessly paced look at the realities of war.” -Vincent Musetto, New York Post

Trailer: http://hellandbackagain.com/

Sponsored by Bijou Cinema, University of Iowa Veterans Association, University of Iowa Libraries and the College of Public Health

The complete 1925 version, newly restored and with a newly recorded orchestral score!

A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale and Mack Swain
88 min, blu-ray

“Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness.” -Mordaunt Hall, The New York Times

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDlEvaKBkhU

LATE NIGHT MOVIES AT BIJOU CINEMA!

The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson’s seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the “American dream”… they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.

Directed by Terry Gilliam
Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire
118 min

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_9tZ3aPCFo

On the eve of World War I, the vibrant cities of Zurich and Vienna are teh setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery.

Zurich, 1904, 29-year-old psychiatrist Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) is at the beginning of his career, and lives with his pregnant wife Emma (Sarah Gadon) at Burgholzli hospital. Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s (Viggo Mortensen) work, Jung tries Freud’s experimental treatment known as psychoanalysis, or ‘the talking cure’, on 18-year-old Sabina Spielreing (Keria Knightley).

Directed by David Cronenberg
Starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender
99 min, DCP

“A Dangerous Method begins where other films hope to culminate.” -Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/adangerousmethod/index.php

CAB AND BIJOU CINEMA PRESENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE SERIES AT THE ENGLERT!

Three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of their cushy positions at a university in New York City where they studied the occult. They decide to set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, spirits, haunts, and poltergeists for money. They wise-crack their way through the city, and stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, one which will release untold evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters are called on to save the Big Apple.

Directed by Ivan Reitman
Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver
105 min

Free for UI students w/ID and $3 for community

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyRqR56aCKc

Winner of the Grand Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA is the new film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the celebrated director of DISTANT and CLIMATES.

In the dead of night, a group of men – among them, a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect – drive through the Anatolian countryside, the serpentine roads and rolling hills lit only by the headlights of their cars. They are searching for a corpse, the victim of a brutal murder. The suspect, who claims he was drunk, can’t remember where he buried the body. As night wears on, details about the murder emerge and the investigators’ own secrets come to light. In the Anatolian steppes nothing is what it seems; and when the body is found, the real questions begin.

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan and Taner Birsel
Turkish w/English subtitles
157 min, blu-ray

“Both beautiful and beautifully observed, with a delicate touch and flashes of humor and horror.” -Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Trailer: http://www.cinemaguild.com/anatolia/

CARNAGE is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on the playground, the parents of the “victim” invite the parents of the “bully” over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.

Directed by Roman Polanski
Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly
80 min, DCP

“A cozily evil little play, by way of Polanski.” -Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/carnage/

LATE NIGHT MOVIES AT BIJOU CINEMA!

Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood — unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course, and that’s quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the famed “One-Eyed” Willy’s hidden fortune, Mikey, Brandon, and their friends Lawrence “Chunk” Cohen, Clark “Mouth” Devereaux, Andrea “Andy” Carmichael, Stefanie “Stef” Steinbrenner, and Richard “Data” Wang, calling themselves The Goonies, set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood. The treasure is in a cavern, but the entrance to the cavern is under the house of evil thief Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake Fratelli, Francis Fratelli, and the severely disfigured Lotney “Sloth” Fratelli. Sloth befriends the Goonies and decides to help them.

Directed by Richard Donner
Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Jeff Cohen
114 min

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWgc8Ute2tU

See short films that have been nominated for Oscars before the big night!

Free for UI students w/ID, $7 for community
$10 double feature deal if you attend both the Animated and Live Action programs! (Deal only applies if both programs are viewed on the same day.)

Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
- Pentecost
- Raju
- The Shore
- Time Freak
- Tuba Atlantic
107 min, blu-ray

Trailers: http://theoscarshorts.shorts.tv/thefilms.php

See short films that have been nominated for Oscars before the big night!

Free for UI students w/ID, $7 for community
$10 double feature deal if you attend both the  Animated and Live Action programs! (Deal only applies if both programs are viewed on the same day.)

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
- Dimanche/Sunday
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- La Luna
- A Morning Stroll
- Wild Life
79 min, blu-ray

Trailers: http://theoscarshorts.shorts.tv/thefilms.php

Join us for a Japanese softcore porn musical! Please bring a photo ID that includes a birth date (such as a license or passport), as IDs are required and will be checked. All attendees must be 18 years of age or older.

Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She is just about to be married to her boss.One day, she encounters a Kappa, a water creature living in the lake and learns that it is the reincarnation of Aoki, her first love.What ensues is a zany spectacle of love, music and sex.

Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Starring Sawa Masaki, Yoshiro Umezama, Ai Narita and Mutsuo Yoshioka
Japanese w/English subtitles
87 min, 35 mm

Trailer: http://thirdwindowfilms.com/films/underwater-love

CAB AND BIJOU CINEMA PRESENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE SERIES AT THE ENGLERT!

Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a Resistance leader, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country – but will he?

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid
102 min

Free for UI students w/ID and $3 for community

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBmVxAsdFE

THE WAY is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son (played by Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son’s desire to finish the journey.

Directed by Emilio Estevez
Starring Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger and Yorick van Wageningen
115 min, 35mm

“Gentle, likable and profoundly touching, it makes you want to dig out the hiking boots and make the same journey.” -Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine

Trailer: http://theway-themovie.com/

A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.

A film by John Turturro
90 min, 35 mm

“A cinematic love letter to the swinging sounds of the Italian city of Naples.” -Variety

Trailer: http://www.passionefilm.com/trailer/

This film chronicles the history of western Iowa farmers who cooked whiskey during the 1920s and 1930s to save their farms during the hard economic times.

Stay after the film for a Q&A with the filmmaker on Friday and Saturday and the film’s producers on Sunday!

A film by Kristian Day
75 min
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZcYKWkYhvs&hd=1

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AT ALL LOCATIONS! Buy them in person at the University Box Office (next to the Bijou), at Ticketmaster outlets, or via Ticketmaster online: http://www.ticketmaster.com/The-Story-Of-Templeton-Rye-tickets/artist/1696934

The University Box Office hours are:

Monday through Saturday: 10 am to 1 am
Sunday: 11 am to 1 am

The University Box Office is located right next to the Bijou on the first floor of the Iowa Memorial Union. Directions to the IMU can be found here (scroll down to mid-page after clicking on the following link): http://imu.uiowa.edu/maps-directions/